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Century Aluminum takes on China in trade dispute

It is leading an aggressive campaign to fight the country's aluminium exports that it says threatens the US industry

Friday, November 6, 2015 - 05:50

Aluminium ingots depot in Wuxi, China. Some US producers say they cannot compete because some Chinese aluminium shipments are avoiding export taxes.

PHOTO: REUTERS

New York

AT least one US aluminium producer may be hunkering down for a trade dispute with top-producer China, as the beleaguered aluminium industry fights for survival amid high labour and energy costs and prices at a six-year low.